ACME Labs Software

ACME Labs is proud to make available a variety of software, all free, some trivial, some massive, all high-quality.

ACME-brand Unix software:

• ablog, a simple personal weblog maker.
• acme_chat, interface to ACME News chat.
• bigcal, make a 78-column version of the output of the "cal" command.
• bigint, large integer package.
• blackmilter, blacklist mail filter module.
• brev, binary file-reversal program. Fun to use on raw sound files.
• closest_fractions, show the closest rational approximations to a real.
• coords, geographical coordinate conversion routines.
• exif_copy, copy EXIF data from one JPEG to another.
• countdown, count down a specified time interval.
• date_offset, display date and time, with an offset.
• date_parse, date-parsing routine and apps.
• db, simple database manager.
• e, tiny EMACS-like text editor.
• factor, prime-factor numbers.
• file_date, display the date of a given file.
• file_stat, display all info for specified files.
• find_old_files, find files older than a specified time-offset.
• globe, show an ASCII graphic of the currently-lighted face of the Earth.
• googrep, search text using a Google-style pattern.
• graymilter, graylist mail filter module.
• hgrep, highlight results of a grep.
• http_get, get the contents of an HTTP URL.
• http_load, multiprocessing HTTP test client.
• http_ping, measure HTTP latency.
• http_post, do a POST to an HTTP URL.
• image_size, figure out the size of GIF, JPEG, XBM, or PNG files.
• ipizer, improve a sendmail log file by adding IP addresses.
• js_httpd, really small HTTP server in JavaScript.
• lam, laminate two or more files.
• leakfinder, a simple memory leak detector.
• libpnmrw, pbm/pgm/ppm read/write library.
• libsmpw, self-maintaining getpwuid/getpwnam replacement.
• mapext, map files from one extension to another via a specified command.
• micro_httpd, really small HTTP server.
• micro_inetd, simple network service spawner.
• micro_proxy, really small HTTP/HTTPS proxy.
• mini_httpd, small HTTP server.
• mini_sendmail, accept email on behalf of real sendmail.
• mod_sample, sample Apache module.
• mudecode, turbocharged MIME / UU decoder.
• newmail, watch for new mail.
• oauth_sign, generate an OAuth signature.
• overlay, overlay two or more files. Useful for composing ASCII pictures.
• pbmplus, image file format conversion package.
• phoon, show an ASCII graphic of the current phase of the moon.
• random, print a random number.
• randomize, shuffle lines in a file.
• rcsscripts, shell scripts for using RCS.
• revl, reverse lines in a file.
• revpar, reverse a file by paragraphs.
• sample_milter, example mail filter module.
• saytime, talking clock for SPARCstations.
• saywha, front-end for write(1) that records messages.
• SecurePage, make self-decrypting web pages.
• select, extract fields from simple text databases.
• sfcmilter, sender-forgery-checker mail filter module.
• sightliner, find sight lines for the sun and moon.
• spfmilter, SPF mail filter module.
• sub_proxy, really small HTTP/HTTPS proxy with substitution.
• texttohtml, convert text to HTML.
• thttpd, tiny/turbo/throttling HTTP server.
• thumbnail_index, make an HTML index file for a bunch of images.
• users, list users, with line breaks and highlighting.
• weblog_digest, summarize traffic bursts in a web log file.
• weblog_parse, extract specified fields from a web log file.
• xantfarm, simple ant farm for X11.
• xbouncebits, bitmap animator for X11.
• XIP, XML Iterative Parsing.
• xml2c, convert an XML file into C struct/string declarations.
• xmlrpc, do an XML-RPC call.
• xphoon, phase of moon for X11.
• xsleep, trivial program to sleep and exit, for X11.
• xsplinefun, color doodle for X11.
• xsquig, color doodle for X11.

PostScript hacks:

• cd_cover, front and back cover sheets for a compact disc.
• disk, a 3.5" floppy disk in PostScript.
• dot_crypto, cryptographic materials warning diamond for vehicles.
• dot_radioactive, radioactive materials warning diamond for vehicles.
• fake_ids, simple fake-i.d. toolkit in PostScript.
• nameplate, PostScript for an office nameplate.
• worm, PostScript design for a t-shirt comemerating the Internet Worm.

Modified net-stuff:

• atob, faster version of the standard ASCII-to-binary converter.
• gv, stripped-down version of ghostview.

Unmodified net-stuff that I wanted to archive just because it's cool:

• c.otto.c, a palindromic C program.
• cc, a license-multiplexing front-end for the unbundled Solaris C compiler. I didn't write this, I just found it in alt.hackers, supposedly posted by Scott McNealy!
• country, a random country-music lyrics generator.
• DeCSS, remove Cascading Style Sheets from HTML files.

Obsolete code that accesses the raw Sun frame buffer - no longer useful but fun to look at:

• raster_pixrect, Solaris 2.x clone of pixrect, plus screenload and screendump.
• screenblank, screen blanker for Solaris 2.x.